Grain-bag folder



(N0 Model') R. HUITT.

GRAIN BAG FOLDER.

No. 417,643. l Patented Dec. 17, 1889.I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD HUIT'I, OF KANE, ILLINOIS.

GRAIN-BAG FOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,643, dated December 17, 1889. l i Application filed July 15, 1889. Serial No. 317,648. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, RIGHARDI-IUITT, of Kane, in the county of Greene and State of Illinois,'have invented-a new and Improved Grain-BagFolder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to a novel machine for folding empty grain sacks or bags, so as to obviate folding. by hand, as heretofore, and thus lessen thelabor and expedite the operation. v

My device will be readily understood from the following description of its elements and details and the manner of their combination.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is Fig. 2 is a front elevation ofthe same, and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the folder.

A represents a vertical post or standard mortised into a foot-block a, and secured to the fioor or otherwise sustained.

B represents a bag-rack consisting of a head-piece or cross-bar C, the latter journaled horizontally, as shown in Fig. l, in the upper part of the standard A, and projecting sufficiently far through saidstandard to receive a hand-crank D. To one side of the standard A-is pivotally secured a catch or stop e, adapted to vibrate about its pivot P, as indicated by the small arrow, and having in its upper front edgeanotch just wide enough to receive thev cross-bar or 4head-piece C. This head-piece, it will be observed, is provided with a series of straight horizontally-projecting prongs or bars r, preferably round and pointed at their outer or front ends, said prongs and the head-piece in which they are secured forming a revolving rack, which may be retained in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by means of the catch or stop e. Fig. l.)

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The rack being secured'by the catch e in the position shown in Fig. l, the operation of the machine is as follows: The foretinger of each hand is inserted in the mouth of each sack and it is drawn out I iat and then slid into one of the spaces between the prongs r, always beginning at one side, preferably the right, as shown at o in dotted lines, Fig. 2. The space between the prongs being only sufiicient to admit the sack when its two sides are brought together, it is prevented from falling through the rack by the thick hem around the mouth. When the rack is filled,

the catch e is turned back, so as to liberateit. The operator then takes hold of the crank D, and by one or two turns folds the sacks smoothly together, after which they are withdrawn from the 'rack in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3 and slipped in the usual manner into an empty sack.

I preferably make the rack to contain twelve sacks, so that two iillings and the containingsack make twenty-five-a quarter of a hundred.

As soon as the rack is emptied it is locked in horizontal position for the reception of another dozen.

Having fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bag-folder, the parallel prongs r, crossbar or head-piece C, post or standard A, handcrank D, and catch or stop e, all of said parts constructed, combined, and adapted to operate substantiallyv as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony that I clai1n the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of May, 1889. Y l

RICHARD IIUI'IT.

NVitnesses:

A. W. NEWTON, F. J. BERTMAN. 

